=Fistulina hepatica=
=Pileus:= Diameter, average specimen, about six
inches, occasionally twice or three times this
size; color varying from pinkish to dark meaty red;
surface roughened with minute papillæ; soft and
moist.
=Flesh:= Light red, streaked with darker red; tender
and juicy in young specimens; juice light red.
=Tube surface:= Creamy in color; tubes distinct from
each other, crowded, very short, as shown in
section opposite.
=Stem:= Short or obsolete, growing at the side.
=Taste:= Slightly acid.
=Habitat:= On the stumps and trunks of oak and
chestnut trees.
=Season:= July-September.